Soaring gas prices are contributing far more to increases in household energy bills than policies designed to support renewable energy and the other elements of the green economy, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) will say today. New analysis from the independent body finds the majority of homes have seen their annual bills rise from [...]
Alcohol and social networks can be a dangerous mix. Imagine the results of logging onto your Facebook account after a night of heavy drinking: illogical commentaries about your friend’s pet, a wide variety of insults to a person you hardly know and a huge chain of salutations to your ex, ranging from anger and despair [...]
There is a particular kind of flaw that keeps popping up in Microsoft security advisories. It’s a flaw that sits deep within the system with something known as user-mode callbacks. Targei Mandt, a researcher with security firm Norman is discussing the flaw in detail at the Black Hat conference this week in Las Vegas. In [...]
It’s time for our weekly break from the gear for a few minutes so we can enjoy another round of reader photos from the Photography Bay Flickr Group. You can mouse over any photo for title and photographer names. A Find more info…
Microsoft has given us some details of the Windows Store for Windows 8 which will go live with the launch of the Windows 8 public beta which is arriving next Febraury. Last week we reported on conflicting claims on when the public beta would arrive and while detailing the new Windows Store, Microsoft has confirmed [...]